Taxol Is an Anticancer Drug Extracted from the Pacific Yew

Multiple Choice

Taxol is an anticancer drug extracted from the Pacific yew tree. In animal cells, Taxol disrupts microtubule formation. Surprisingly, this stops mitosis. Specifically, Taxol must affect ________.

A) the structure of the mitotic spindle
B) anaphase
C) formation of the centrioles
D) chromatid assembly
E) the S phase of the cell cycle